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Record #15727
Name :
: Margaret Winifred HEALEY (1901 - 1917)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1901 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 25 Jul 1917   Notes : Drowning
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa, Britannia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Sep 1912
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Corsican

Placement Family
: Law
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Catholic Emigration Association
NotesA birth registration was found for Margaret Winifred Healey: Registration: Mar 1900; District: Mile End Old Town; County: London, Middlesex; Volume: 1c; Page: 552. Parents: Thomas Healey and Georgina Jones, married 1892 in Whitechapel, London, England.

In 1912, Margaret Healey, 11, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 17 girls from the Catholic Emigration Association en route to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was taken to the St. Georges Home in Ottawa.

In Canada Margaret worked as a nurse maid at the home of a Dr. Law and his wife. She would leave their employment and not heard of at the St. Georges Home until her death.

On July 25 1917, seventeen year old Margaret Healey along with her 30 year old friend, John Potter, rented a boat on the Ottawa River. When leaving the boat house, he did not take his coat or hat and she did not take her sweater. Later on that day, the empty boat was found right side up and partly full of water. It was felt that the occupants were lost while going over the Deschenes rapids. The bodies of Rose and John were found after the recovery of the boat. There was nothing on the bodies to identify the couple and they were later identified through the "poor quality" clothing which Margaret was wearing. They belonged to a girl chum of hers.

Margaret was originally buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa but after identification of her remains her body was transferred to the Notre Dame Cemetery there. Her name is inscribed on the St. George's Home Memorial there. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-22 12:41:15 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-26 15:09:24 /

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3021 ABBOTT, Alice1899ENG,     May 1912 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
3022 ABBOTT, Bertie1894ENG, SFK, Ipswich May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms  
3057 ABBOTT, Harold Lancelot1895ENG, SSX, Steyning Jul 1911 : Corsican CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3059 ABBOTT, James1896IRL, MEA, Trim May 1911 : Corsican CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3155 ACTON, Laura1892ENG, WAR, Aston May 1911 : Corsican CAN Labourers & Domestics  
10055 ADDISON, Annie 1900ENG,     Apr 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
3970 ADDISON, Florence1893ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
17049 AFFLECK, Adelaide Mary1897ENG, LND, Camberwell Jun 1910 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
25704 AFFORD, Lily1901ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
10891 AITKEN, Donald1901ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
2851 ALCE, William Henry1894ENG, SSX, Seaford May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
9623 ALDRICH, Francis Vincent1900ENG, SSX, Brighton May 1910 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
10218 ALEXANDER, Edward Bubbings1901ENG, SSX, Rye May 1913 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
10219 ALEXANDER, Kathleen1904ENG, KEN May 1913 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
10217 ALEXANDER, Leslie1902ENG, KEN May 1913 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
8696 ALLABUSH, George1899ENG, LND, Canning Town May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
23751 ALLEN, Ada1896ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
8529 ALLEN, Daniel1898ENG, LDN, London Jul 1913 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
20448 ALLEN, Esther1895ENG,     May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20467 ALLEN, Janette1896ENG,     May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
25649 ALLEN, John1895ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
22547 ALLEN, Thomas1897ENG,     Jun 1913 : Corsican CAN Waifs & Strays  
6398 ALLEN, William1897ENG,     Jul 1910 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
20154 ALLEY, Clara Celia1894ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20159 ALLEY, Emma1891ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
6312 ALLEY, Henry Herbert1896ENG, LAN, Liverpool May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
20204 ALWAY, Reginald Wilfrid1896ENG, GLS, Barton Regis May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
13127 AMBROSE, James1900ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
22781 ANDERSON, Jane1901ENG,     May 1913 : Corsican CAN MacPherson Homes  
20141 ANDREWS, James1896ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
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